Adolph Lankering (January 9, 1851 – February 4, 1937) was the mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey from 1902 to 1906.

[1][2] He was born in January 1850 in Verden an der Aller, Kingdom of Hanover to Heinrich Lankering and Matilde Germann.

[2] In 1875, he migrated to Chicago, Illinois, where he worked for Sandhagen & Co. in the cigar trade.

He married Louise Fistedt of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1883 in Chicago.

He moved to Hoboken, New Jersey, and founded the Lankering Cigar Co. with his two brothers.